| 泰 | 217B05 12.02 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄊㄞˋ [tai4] | ||
| N. | (1) Name of a trigram in 八卦 [ba1gua4] 80.80. [WEdit: Should read "Name of a hexagram in The Book of Changes"] (2) Thai, see 泰國 [tai4guo2]↓. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Peaceful, calm, healthy: 國泰民安 a contented people living in a country at peace: 天地交泰 celestial and terrestrial forces in harmony, i.e. peaceful and prosperous times; 康泰 in good health; 泰然自若 calm, unperturbed; 泰適 comfortable; 泰而不驕 poised but not arrogant, see 2. (2) Arrogant: 驕泰 proud and arrogant; 泰侈 extravagant. (3) (Vr. of 太) great, grand, too: 泰半，泰古，泰初, see 太 12.81. | |||||
| Words | 1. 泰斗 [tai4dou3], n., leading scholar of the times (short for 泰山北斗, to which all look up to). 2. 泰國 [tai4guo2], n., Thailand. 3. 泰然 [tai4ran2], adj., poised, unperturbed. 4. 泰山 [tai4shan1], n., the sacred mountain associated with Confucius; (fig.) a thing of great weight or import: 死重於泰山, 輕於鴻毛 death could be of great import or without significance; (facet.) father-in-law. 5. 泰西 [tai1xi1], n., the West, the Occident. 6. 泰水 [tai1shui3], n., (facet.) mother-in-law, cf. [tai4shan1]↑. 7. 泰晤士報 [tai4wu4shi4pao4], n., The times (London, N.Y.). | |||||